Tuesday, June 19, 2007

A Nice Article By Swami Vivekananda...............



I once had a friend who grew to be very close to me. Once when we were sitting at the edge of a swimming pool, she filled the palm of her hand with some water and held it before me, and said this: "You see this water carefully contained on my hand? It symbolizes Love." This was how I saw it: As long as you keep your hand caringly open and allow it to remain there, it will always be there. However, if you attempt to close your fingers round it and try to posses it, it will spill through the first cracks it finds This is the greatest mistake that people do when they meet love...they try to posses it, they demand, they expect... and just like the water spilling out of your hand, love will retrieve from you. For love is meant to be free, you cannot change its nature. If there are people you love, allow them to be free beings. Give and don't expect. Advise, but don't order. Ask, but never demand. It might sound simple, but it is a lesson that may take a lifetime to truly practice. It is the secret to true love. To truly practice it, you must sincerely feel no expectations from those who you love, and yet an unconditional caring." Passing thought... Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take; but by the moments that take our breath away..... Life is beautiful!!! Live it !!!

6 comments:

aditya said...

A very good article to start blogging with! Very true, but so difficult to put into practice. I guess that's the secret to success in all relationships.
I especially liked the quote in the end - one of my favourites.
Great start, keep blogging.

Aditya.

Aarti Ramanan said...

That was beautiful.
Love a person for what he is, and not for what you want him to be! This applies not only to 'love'. You learn from each one around you. Understand people's mannerisms, their thought process.
One cannot command over others' thoughts.

Congratz on your first post! And what a start! Keep it going!

Supriya M said...

Thankx aaditya and aarti!

Aarti Ramanan said...

Why did you remove your latest post!... Anyway post one soon!

Pushkar said...

That was indeed a nice article.
Looking forward to more posts. Its been long since you last posted..

adhishg said...

good one....keep it going